EU Horizon Europe 4D PICTURE
The 4D PICTURE (Design-based Data-Driven Decision-support Tools: Producing Improved Cancer Outcomes Through User-Centred Research) project aims to improve decision aids that support cancer patients in making complex treatment choices. Existing decision aids rarely take into account quality of life or individual preferences, and their use in clinical practice remains limited. The mission of this project is for individualized medicine to become truly person-centered.
To achieve this goal, a multidisciplinary team from eight countries will develop decision aids and conversation guides for patients with breast cancer, prostate cancer or melanoma. The team wants to better predict treatment outcomes by developing innovative algorithms and integrating patients' experiences, values and preferences with artificial intelligence-based models.
The EU Horizon Europe project 4D PICTURE will be conducted by a consortium of 16 organizations from 8 countries and is coordinated by the Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) in Rotterdam, Netherlands. UMIT TIROL leads the work package on the evaluation of MetroMapping, aiming to empirically evaluate the short- and long-term costs and effects of applying MetroMapping using decision analytic modelling.
4D PICTURE is a Horizon Research and Innovation Action and has received funding from the EU Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Program under the Grant Agreement number: 101057332.
Link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101057332
Overall Budget: 9,033,750 EUR
Duration: 01/10/2022 – 30/09/2027
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2nd Consortium Meeting - 4DPICTURE Consortium members met in Berlin
Over 60 members of the 4D PICTURE project attended the second consortium meeting in Berlin on 28-29th September 2023. The coordinators welcomed all the partners and the many new junior researchers, most of whom were attending for the first time. The meeting was hybrid to allow attendance for those, who could not be there in person. Three team members of UMIT TIROL attended this meeting in-person and presented the status of work package 5 tasks, which is led by UMIT TIROL.
All work package leads presented the status of their work package highlighting their achievements and planning activities. Many interactive sessions were performed with lively discussions, sharing ideas and new ways to collaborate. Special efforts were made to recognise the role of patient and public involvement in enhancing the impact and outcomes of the project.
A multi-national 4DPICTURE survey is now underway across several European countries
The 4DPICTURE survey, an integral part of the Project, has now started in the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, Slovenia, Spain and Denmark. Soon this survey will be also launched in Sweden.
The aim of this multi-national survey is to gain a more thorough understanding of the personal experiences and gain insights from patient representatives on experiences cancer care paths and attitudes regarding treatment decision making, best ways of sharing information, and the possible value of decision-support tools. The results will guide the different work packages of the 4DPICTURE project in effectively meeting their objectives.
If you would like to take part in this survey, please click the link below.
For more information, please contact Dr. Lára Rún Hallsson, Department of Public Health, Health Services Research and Health Technology Assessment. The contact details can also be found on the special survey tab for Austria.